We’re going back to climb Orizaba and some smaller volcanoes December 4th. This will be our fifth expedition down there and it is dialed . Are you a sufficiently fit hiker, runner or backpacker? This is a great beginner mountain. … Continued
It was a hard fought climb, but three of the team members managed to make it to almost 20,000 feet, the summit of this beautiful mountain. Congratulations Joe Everett Richard hatten and Curtis Luzzi. This was a trip that included … Continued
It has been a minute, my friends. Not that I haven’t been busy. We are leaving for Bolivia and Colombia June 2 and I have a sizeable group in tow for the Andes. It is a very motivated group and … Continued
My new friend, David, takes one of his first laps on the Minnesota ice. You’d think hes been doing it his whole life. This was a long weekend and let me tell you how it started. I was sitting in … Continued
we had a record turnout this year for the ice event. And the weather was magnificent. Frank and I arrived first and I managed to get in seven consecutive days of climbing. On the second day, Sara,Caleb and several others … Continued
In tribute to the old days where we would spend Martin Luther King days out here at good old campsite 18, AJ, Jon and I returned. It was strange when I rolled in there around 2:00 and no one was … Continued
iykyk It was a frosty start on the USS Steenhatchee Friday morning. The promise of teen temps made the wind even more sharp with whitecaps pushing us into Eagle Creek. this was the first year we didn’t make the Lost … Continued
hangover 2024 was one for the record books. The people shown in this photo are only a fraction of the actual attendees. You will see in the following photographs. The above is courtesy of Richard Hatten. Thank you the clouds … Continued
Last weekend I went to North Carolina to try and assist with the hurricane relief effort. Due to some misinformation we were not needed over there. Someone had posted on facebook they needed people to backpack in supplies, which may … Continued
Recently published column in Cityview Magazine https://cityviewmag.com/our-history-with-a-view/ Time is running out to experience the fire towers of the Smokies There used to be 17 fire towers in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park that were utilized prior to the 1930s … Continued
